Why did people want to vote? - class-VIII
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What were the underlying principles of the 1834 Poor Law Act?
What were watchmen nicknamed in England in the eighteenth century?
Many nineteenth-century reformers wanted improvements in prisons. They campaigned for ____________.
What was the important reason behind the development of a modern police force in England?
Throughout the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, people protested for a variety of reasons such as:
What was the demand of several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's square in Manchester to protest?
Who led the protest movement at St. Peter's Square in Manchester?
Who were Chartists?
What is the biggest movement for political power in England that took place between 1836 to 1850 is called?
When did the parliament pass the in Corn laws in England?
Who could vote in parliamentary elections in the County constituencies before 1832?
Who could not vote in parliamentary elections in England before 1832?
What was the biggest part of people's diet in England in the early nineteenth century?
Why did the hundreds of farmworkers attack the town of Littleport in Cambridgeshire in 1816?
What were Corn-laws?
When the first women's suffrage societies were formed?
When all men over the age of 21 gained suffrage in England?
Why did the Chartist Movement disappear after 1848?
Which of the following newspaper was published by the Chartist?
The Government of England transported many of the Chartist leaders and members to _________.
Which of the following were the demands of Chartists?
Which of the following was not among the six demands of Chartists?
Who set up the Women's Social and Political Union?
In November 1839, the Chartists armed themselves and tried to capture Newport. This became known as the __________.
Who led the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)?
Arrange the following in Chronological order.
1. First Chartist petition and riots
2. Suffragettes began Campaigning
3. Suffragettes became more militant
4. World War One breaks out
How did the Suffragettes campaign after 1910?
In which year Britain's first female MP sat in the House of Commons?
In which year the women over the age of 21 gained the right to vote in Britain?
How Suffragists campaigned?
Who published the newspaper, Votes for Women?
What were the reasons for the failure of the Poor Law system?
When did the women over the age of 30 gain the right to vote in Britain?
How did the Suffragettes initially campaign?
In the reign of _______, the 1605 Poor Law made each parish responsible for its poor people.
Who set up the Bow Street horse patrol?
When a Royal Commission was set up to investigate the failure of the Poor Law system?
Which of the following is true regarding the new Poor Law passed after the investigation of the Royal Commission?
When did the merchants trading with West Indies clubbed together to fund a river police force at Wapping?
Who set up the Bow Street Runners?
What was the role of Bow Street horse patrol?
What was the job of Bow Street Runners?
The workhouses were designed to hold how many people?
Who was responsible for law and order in the eighteenth century in England?
Who built and ran the Poor Law union under the 1834 Poor Law Act?
Why did the reformers want to stop prisoners from mixing?
When did Germany introduce old age pension?
What was the life expectancy in towns in the 1830s?
Who received the old age pension in 1909 in Britain?
Which of the following is true regarding the Municipal Corporations Act 1835?
What were the Metropolitan Police for London nicknamed?
Why many people in London rejected volunteering for the South African War of 1899-1902?
Who established the Metropolitan Police Force for London?
When did elderly people in Britain receive a pension from the government for the first time?
What were the Bow Street horse patrol policemen nicknamed?
After the passing of old age act in Britain elderly people received a ______ pension.
How much old age pension did an elderly person in Britain receive in 1909?
How much old age pension did a married couple in Britain receive in 1909?
Which person was the most responsible for introducing the old age pensions?
What is the representative elected from each parliamentary constituency called?
The Chartists campaigned by organizing petitions, on three occasions in 1839, 1842 and ________.
When did the British Parliament pass the Reform Act?
Which of the following is true about WSPU (Women's Social and Political Union)?
When was the first modern police force established in London?
Before 1832, how much percent of Britain's population could vote?
When was the world's first modern police force established?
What were the members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) called?
When did the Pereloo Massacre incident take place?
What were the members of Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) called?
When was the Bow Street Runners was set up?
When did Government set up a Royal Commission to investigate how councils dealt with important functions like water supplies, drainage, and street cleaning?
When the Metropolitan Police Force for London was established?
When the Secret Ballot Act was passed?
When Bow Street horse patrol was set up?
When did Charles Booth make a detailed study of life in the East End of London?
When did Britain get its first female prime minister?
When did the British Parliament pass the Municipal Corporations Act?
When Pentonville was built as a model prison?
Who designed the square plan design for workhouses?
When old age pension act was passed in Britain?
In which year free school meals for children provided in Britain?
When free medical inspection of schoolchildren started in England?